BJP reprimands party MPs for paying homage to Sajjan Kumar

The BJP management has expressed unhappiness over three of its Delhi MPs paying homage to the late Congress chief Sajjan Kumar, who was serving a jail term for his involvement within the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

BJP president Nitin Nabin summoned Kamaljeet Sehrawat, Ramvir Singh Bidhuri and Yogender Chandolia on Saturday and conveyed his displeasure, stating that the get together doesn’t approve of their go to to Mr. Kumar’s residence to supply condolences.

Their go to turned controversial after H.S. Phoolka, the lawyer for the riot victims, brazenly condemned it.

Mr. Phoolka stated on social media that the MPs visited Mr. Kumar’s home when the BJP had all the time supported the search for justice for the victims. “Sympathy ought to be reserved for victims and their households — lots of whom reside the horror of these days even until now,” he stated, calling for a boycott of the three MPs.

He later thanked Mr. Nabin for reprimanding the MPs. “That is what management ought to appear to be, versus the hypocrisy of the Congress all these years. Grateful to Nitin Nabin for taking a robust stance on the difficulty,” Mr. Phoolka added.

BJP’s nationwide spokesperson R.P. Singh additionally condemned the motion of the MPs.

The BJP, nonetheless, has not made an official assertion relating to the assembly. Ms. Sehrawat, Mr. Bidhuri and Mr. Chandolia have additionally not commented on their go to to Mr. Kumar’s home or the assembly with the get together president.